‘Smile 2’ Leads Box Office With Strong $23 Million Debut

Smile 2, featuring Naomi Scott as a pop singer facing eerie occurrences, dominated the North American box office with a strong $23 million opening weekend. Meanwhile, The Wild Robot held onto second place with $10 million in its fourth weekend, reaching a total of $101.7 million domestically and $196 million worldwide. The ultra-gory, low-budget horror movie Terrifier 3 followed in third place, earning $9.1 million, while Beetlejuice Beetlejuice took fourth with $5 million. John Crowley’s romantic drama We Live in Time, starring Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh, rounded out the top five with $4.2 million in earnings. (THR)